Shi'a à Followers of Muhammad’s son-in-law and cousin ALI à Believed to be the successor of the caliphate (an Islamic state led by supreme religious or political leader) à Based on the Quran à In contrast to other Muslims à Shi’a believe only God has the right to choose a representative to safeguard Islam, the Quran and Sharia (moral and religious law) à They Believe Ali is divinely appointed
Modern Shi’a Islam has been divided into three main groups: Twelvers, Ismailis and Zaidis à Iraq is their theological center à Lebanon is Shi’a strong hold à Shi’a Muslims are in the majority in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan and according to some estimates Yemen à The battle of Karbala is one of the most significant events in Shi’a history from which Shi’a Islam draws its strong theme of martyrdom.
The Battle of Karbala: à Small group supporters and relatives of Muhammad’s grandson Hussein and a much larger military detachment from Umayyad Caliph à who Hussein refused to recognize à All soldiers and Hussein were killed à including his six-month old son, and all women and children were taken prisoner à the people who died are seen as martyrs à this event is commemorated during an annual 10-day period held every Muharram (first month in the Islamic calendar) by the Shi’a
Sunni
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Druze
Maronite
Orthodox Christian · Nature o Unchanged from the first churches founded after Jesus' resurrection o One of the tasks of the early Church was defining, and defending, orthodox theology against the battering waves of heresies o Built on the foundation of Christ and His Apostles, nothing has been added to our faith, and nothing can be added. It is complete. · Orthodox in Lebanon o Christian Orthodox, second largest Christian denomination after Maronites. o Greek Orthodox, denomination of Christianity, 6% total population o Armenian Orthodox o Syriac Orthodox · Ethnic composition, Armenian 6.8% of pop. o Religious composition Greek Orthodox 6%
Catholic
Christianity in Lebanon
Small community called the Maronites, located along the coast of Lebanon, separated from the rest of the country by mountains
Tight knit community
Good at defending themselves
Sea-men and merchants, retained ties with other parts of the Christian world
With colonization, were seen as allies by the French
Given French posts and education
Slowly gained more and more political power
In 1932, a consensus was past detailing the ratio of Christians to Muslims to be 6:5, allowing them to justify their over representation in politics
Opposed the protection of Palestinians
Gained even more power in 1943, where it was made so that only a Maronite could be president
The Christian Community in Lebanon was revived by the arrival of the Europeans as they were regarded as natural allies
Biblical scriptures tell stories of Jesus healing people in Lebanon
Pope John Paul II presented a 41,000 word document dedicated to Lebanon to “ponder reconstruction in the wake of the country’s civil war”
The Christian Groups came together to form the Lebanese Front
Christian Militia à South Lebanon Army
o Mainly under control of Israel
Revived when the Europeans came because the regarded them as a natural ally.
They believe in the
Pope
Apostles
7 Sacraments
Bible
Ten commandments
Jesus cured a lot of people on his trip to Lebanon
The holy trinity – god father. God the son, god the holy spirit
People born with the original sin
Catholics make up around one-quarter of the national population of four million in Lebanon
The word catholic means “universal”. throughout the Middle Ages, if you were a Christian, you belonged to the Catholic Church
à Followers of Muhammad’s son-in-law and cousin ALI à Believed to be the successor of the caliphate (an Islamic state led by supreme religious or political leader)
à Based on the Quran
à In contrast to other Muslims à Shi’a believe only God has the right to choose a representative to safeguard Islam, the Quran and Sharia (moral and religious law)
à They Believe Ali is divinely appointed
Modern Shi’a Islam has been divided into three main groups: Twelvers, Ismailis and Zaidis
à Iraq is their theological center
à Lebanon is Shi’a strong hold
à Shi’a Muslims are in the majority in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan and according to some estimates Yemen
à The battle of Karbala is one of the most significant events in Shi’a history from which Shi’a Islam draws its strong theme of martyrdom.
The Battle of Karbala:
à Small group supporters and relatives of Muhammad’s grandson Hussein and a much larger military detachment from Umayyad Caliph à who Hussein refused to recognize
à All soldiers and Hussein were killed à including his six-month old son, and all women and children were taken prisoner à the people who died are seen as martyrs
à this event is commemorated during an annual 10-day period held every Muharram (first month in the Islamic calendar) by the Shi’a
Sunni
Sorry, stupid Mac says the photo is normal, until Wikispaces puts it in sideways...:(
Druze
Maronite
Orthodox Christian
· Nature
o Unchanged from the first churches founded after Jesus' resurrection
o One of the tasks of the early Church was defining, and defending, orthodox theology against the battering waves of heresies
o Built on the foundation of Christ and His Apostles, nothing has been added to our faith, and nothing can be added. It is complete.
· Orthodox in Lebanon
o Christian Orthodox, second largest Christian denomination after Maronites.
o Greek Orthodox, denomination of Christianity, 6% total population
o Armenian Orthodox
o Syriac Orthodox
· Ethnic composition, Armenian 6.8% of pop.
o Religious composition Greek Orthodox 6%
Catholic
Christianity in Lebanon